Dolphins approaching last year’s win total
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Since returning to his alma mater as head boys basketball coach, CJ Brown has known that his Battery Creek squad had young talent coming through the pipeline.
The results have been slower to come than Brown would have hoped, but the Dolphins are showing signs of a breakthrough so far this season. After winning only three games a year ago, Battery Creek won two of its first three — and felt like it let the other one get away.
After a 65-43 win over Stall to open the season, the Dolphins stumbled in a 63-58 loss to Ridgeland-Hardeeville on Friday before rebounding to beat John Paul II, 55-46, on Saturday. Creek had another setback Tuesday, losing, 56-51, at home against Whale Branch.
Nonetheless, the Dolphins have a budding star in Alizjah Mathis, who scored 17 points with five steals in his debut against Stall and was in double-digits while stuffing the stat sheet against the Jaguars and Golden Warriors, and they have a solid supporting cast. Gabe Leegette is a threat from deep, Jayvorie Cole and Ethan Cox are giving good minutes inside, and Que Williams and Kelvin Willis have also shown a scoring touch.
The Dolphins (2-2) are at Ridgeland-Hardeeville on Friday.
JPII wins again
After winning only two games last season, the Golden Warriors have doubled that total after a 61-28 win over Palmetto Christian on Monday.
JPII has gotten a boost from transfer Nicholai Atkinson, who scored 19 points in Saturday’s loss to Battery Creek and has been the leader of a balanced offensive attack.
JPII (4-3) plays at Andrew Jackson Academy on Wednesday and hosts St. Joseph’s Catholic on Friday.
Stingrays take down HT
Holy Trinity couldn’t muster a second-half comeback after trailing by nine at the half Friday against visiting Cross Schools. Rivers Palmer and CJ Champion each scored 13 points to lead Cross.
The Mighty Lions (0-3) also lost a tough matchup, 49-41, at Holly Hill Academy on Monday and are back in action Thursday at Bethesda Academy.
